The Darkwood Trilogy

A Complete YA Fairy Tale Fantasy Series

De: Anthea Sharp

Narrado por: Amy Landon

Two sisters. One enchanted forest. And a reckless choice that could destroy kingdoms …

Taken away from her ordinary life, Rose Valrois finds herself in a world full of secrets and forbidden magic. There she meets her new stepsister, the enigmatic Princess Neeve, who will either become her best friend … or her worst enemy.

In the shadows of the magical Darkwood, Rose discovers danger and adventure in her quest for answers about the mysteries surrounding her. When she’s rescued by Thorne, the Dark Elf guardian of the forest, he binds her to the Darkwood and forbids her to speak of its secrets.

But secrets have a way of getting loose, especially when there’s hidden magic involved, and Rose falls deeper into the thorny tangles of her own past. Her sister, Neeve, is concealing dangerous powers of her own, and the two of them are soon entangled in a destiny that will bring them face-to-face on opposite sides of a deadly magical war.

Ultimately, Rose must risk her freedom, her world, and even her truest love to save her sister. Can she bear to make that sacrifice? Does she even have the choice?

Called “A fantastical series” by Publishers Weekly, USA Today bestselling author Anthea Sharp has crafted a lushly written fairy-tale trilogy weaving elements of “Snow-White and Rose-Red” with romance, magic, cozy fantasy, and secrets that that will change the fate of worlds.

©2020, 2021, 2022 Anthea Sharp (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

Great Story & Reimagining of Classic Characters

I'm not even sure how to put it all into words. This is a long listen, and it's hard to nail down the whole thing into one little review. This is not quite a fairy tale retelling, but more of a reimagining of Snow White and Rose Red if their world was a little different. It's pretty epic to be perfectly honest.

A lot is going on here. I really enjoyed these characters and the way the author tweaked them to her story. Usually you see Snow White and it's all about her, but this really focused on Rose. In fact Neeve was kind of a jerk for a lot of the story lol It's a good story of sisterhood and twisted up families with terrible parents. It includes illegal magic, political intrigue, matchmaking gone wrong, and of course seven surly fellows with very nice beards (they aren't predominant, but you can't have anything remotely Snow White without those guys, you know?).

The love story is a solid! Love the romance in it, which is very clean and super slow burn. Like man... really slow burn lol I was shipping them from page one and it felt like it took forever--however, I love that! I love that kind of tension between characters. There's something really special about being the reader and "listening" the characters complain about their love life while *you* know what's up. It makes it really satisfying when they do get together, and you wanna reach through the page and be like "I told you so!" Anyway--well written, compelling story with very interesting characters. Would recommend.

Amy Landon is a wonderful narrator. Her accents are on point and keeping track of the characters through the way she voices them is easy. She's excellent. I've got some of her older titles and it's really neat to see how she's grown and improved as a narrator--and it's not like she was ever bad. So kudos to Amy for being awesome and continuing to improve her craft. You rock!

So, if you like clean YA fantasy and romance this is a good pick. Definitely worth your monthly credit, because at 33hrs long it's a total steal. And the ending? *chefs kiss* Perfect.

**I did get to listen at the courtesy of the author in exchange for an honest review. And I'm so glad I did! I'll be relistening.

Looove

I loved these books from start to finish. It was so whimsical and I could clearly envision the dark wood forest

one of the best series

this is a must do series. we'll written, we'll read! enjoyed it from start to end.

Great Story

loved the plot line. Rose is defiant in all the right ways, and I'm super happy she held out for ... you know who, at the end 😁

A great magical coming of age story!

I really enjoyed this book. It was well written and the narrorator did well trying to voice all the different characters.

enjoyed

good overall and got the ending I was hoping for. will probably read again. starts a little slow due to real life battiness lo,

so good

this is a definite must read. such a great trilogy. if u have the chance definitely read this

Officially a fan!

I was hooked from the beginning, was out of credits and needed a listen,,this kept popping up so I gave it a try, just loved the story, the 2 sisters, I would've spent a credit on this but didn't need to,,BONUS! If you like fantasy, definitely give this a listen, looking forward to anything Anthea is written! A lot bang for your buck with this one! Great voice work too!

Story

I loved the whole book. The fantasy of the book was wonderful. I loved all the characters.

The Perfect, no spice necessary series!

No spoilers!

Loved this series! I’m surprised I had not heard of it before stumbling upon it. This would be a perfect before for anyone who’s younger teen is wanting a fantasy book. There is no spice, besides maybe a few kisses. But it genuinely was a wonderful story, a great plot, and fun twists and turns!